#159E2B#159E2B

#159E2B is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.188 H 144.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E2B
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(130, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(130, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -56.65, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 74.21, 139.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.1529 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.188 144.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9712, 24.7859, 6.3856)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E2B #9E1588

analogous

#449E15 #159E2B #159E6F

triadic

#159E2B #2B159E #9E2B15

tetradic

#159E2B #15449E #9E1588 #9E6F15

square

#159E2B #15449E #9E1588 #9E6F15

split-complementary

#159E2B #6F159E #9E1544

monochromatic

#07320E #0E681C #159E2B #1CD43A #47E761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#159E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#159E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E2B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E2B	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.188 144.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc6b',
    500: '#159e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e2b;
$custom-light: #70bc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.635,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60961,
    "c": 0.18785,
    "h": 144.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E2B

secondary

#C747B3

accent

#35D5F3

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF7EC

border

#C8D0C7

text

#091207

muted

#7B817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E2B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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